Sad & discouraging day

Did you log everything--even creamer in coffee or a small tootsie roll? Don't be discouraged. As women our bodiea fluctuate. Dont give up!

Give it some time. Sometimes people lose several pounds right away because of water weight loss, while other people actually gain scale weight because they are starting a new exercise program which triggers the body to retain more water at first to help with metabolic processes. Keep exercising and log in EVERYTHING that you eat/drink so you can analyze the data as needed. Let your body catch up to these health changes you are making and I am sure you will start to see results.

P.S. Be sure to take measurements so that if you do not see progress on the scale that you expect, you have another gauge of your progress.

Do you really eat at least 2 meals every day at Subway, Chili's or El Pollo Loco? If so, you might be underestimating your calories, and definitely your sodium. Do you not count fruits and vegetables, or just not eat them?

How do your clothes fit? Are you loosing body fat? Those are the true measures.

It looks like you've been eating out a lot- it's probably sodium related. Drink some water and you should be ok

I think this is the flaw in the "weigh once a week" practice. It's supposed to be a more accurate measure of progress than daily weighing, which may vary by one or more pounds in either direction each day.

But.... suppose your once-a-week weigh day catches you in an "up" fluctuation? That's not the accurate measure it's touted to be. You freak out because you've gained weight when maybe you really haven't, you just ate something salty the day before, or something.

If you weigh yourself every day, and write it down, and once a week average up the daily weights, this will factor in the daily fluctuations. Then compare your weekly averages, not single weekly weigh-ins that catch you in a random point of your ups and downs.

I can totally relate. It is not unusual for weight to go back and forth. Especially in the beginning that was my problem, but believe me, if you just hang in there the weight will straighten out and be a bit more. Consistent for you. Be sure and do not drink during meals and wait until you are 30 mins to an hour afterwards , water just washes right thru and then you are hungry as if you hadn't eaten at all . Hang in there, diary all your intakes , pretty soon things truly will start doing what you were probably expecting them too ! ! ,!

if your recent logging is correct, then you are severely under-eating. i know, it seems counter intuitive to eat more to weigh less, but i didn't make the rules... FSM did.

Well, for one thing, it hasn't been 2 weeks. You've barely done over a weeks worth of tracking with your first day being on Oct. 21 and one day blank. But I have to say, your food is all over the place and your cals are VERY low if this is accurate. And I have to wonder if it is with some days you only eat 500 to 700 cals. That's just not good. And then you're eating ALL processed food. By no means is processed bad, but I mean, you aren't getting any ol' regular food in there to balance that out. And other than alcohol, not seeing any other fluids in there either. My advice? Eat more variety of food, track EVERY SINGLE THING, double check all of your entries against the package or the website, get a food scale, drink more fluids (especially water), and keep your cals higher. You want to lose, but going too low is a bad idea. And lastly, give yourself some time for all of those things to work. If you are eating right, eating at a deficit, and being 100% honest, it will happen. Just do what you gotta do and give it time.

Your calorie counts are off. Here's the actual calories for your Subway breakfast: 390 for the sandwich, not the 190 you have in there and this is assuming you have no condiment on there and just had the steak, provolone, and egg white on flatbread like is stated. Your carbs: 47 (where you got 9 I have no idea), fat: 10 (not 6), protein: 28, and here's the killer; sodium: 1240.